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| So I hear they've got some fancy new insulin produced by bacteria, cause they've added the gene for human insulin. | |
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| Yeah, its great because there is less likelihood of an immune response producing anti-insulin antibodies. | |
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| Gah, back in my day, we used insulin extracted from cows, sheep and pigs. I bet its cause some people are against using animals for 'religious reasons'. The sentimental saps. | |
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| But patients who have become tolerant of animal insulin actually respond better to human insulin. Not only that but extraction and purification of insulin from animal pancreas' is expensive. | |
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| I heard that there is a more rapid response, and a shorter duration of reponse, is that true? | |
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| Yeah, but some people who use human insulin no longer have warning signs of low plasma glucose concentration. | |
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